Economics & Banking GK:

2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue new Rs.10 currency notes with enhanced security features, the old notes will still be valid.

RBI will shortly issue Rs.10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with inset letter ‘L’ in both the number panels, bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, and the year of printing ‘2017.

3. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization extended the last date for submission of digital life certificate through Jeevan Pramaan Patra (JPP) up to 31st March 2017 under Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS).

Earlier the last date was 28th February 2017.

4. Delhi State Finance Minister, Manish Sisodia presented the State annual budget for the period 2017-18 in the state’s legislative assembly.

The budget has been proposed at 48000 crores, which is 16.5 per cent higher than the Revised Estimates of ₹41200 crores in 2016-17.

The Outcome Budget will be put up on the Delhi government’s website by 31st March 2017.

Science & Technology:

1. India will organize its first Mobile World Congress in September with a special focus on reaching out to the South East Asian markets.

There is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and an edition in Shanghai.